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Building Mathematics Competence via Multiple Choice Competitions

  • Borislav, Lazarov
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2010
  • The paper focuses on a type of mathematics competence noted as synthetic. It is needed for success in multiple choice competition problems and it is crucial for the further development of advanced school students. The concept of synthetic competence includes a large fraction of mathematical competences, but also competences and skills related to informatics and linguistics. The general structure of a multiple choice competition is considered as the first level of assessment of the mathematics component of the synthetic competence. As the second level under consideration is the set of complex tasks in a competition test any of which is a bouquet of ideas. Our standpoint on the didactic specifics and goals of the two levels in perspective of the gifted education is briefly presented in the article and some examples are given.

UNIQUENESS OF POSITIVE STEADY STATES FOR WEAK COMPETITION MODELS WITH SELF-CROSS DIFFUSIONS

  • Ko, Won-Lyul;Ahn, In-Kyung
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.371-385
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, we investigate the uniqueness of positive solutions to weak competition models with self-cross diffusion rates under homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The methods employed are upper-lower solution technique and the variational characterization of eigenvalues.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO A FRACTIONAL CHEMOTAXIS SYSTEM ON THE WEAKLY COMPETITIVE CASE

  • Lei, Yuzhu;Liu, Zuhan;Zhou, Ling
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.57 no.5
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    • pp.1269-1297
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we consider a two-species parabolic-parabolic-elliptic chemotaxis system with weak competition and a fractional diffusion of order s ∈ (0, 2). It is proved that for s > 2p0, where p0 is a nonnegative constant depending on the system's parameters, there admits a global classical solution. Apart from this, under the circumstance of small chemotactic strengths, we arrive at the global asymptotic stability of the coexistence steady state.

Use of n Mathematical Model to Assess the Effects of Dissolved Organic Phosphorus on Species Competition Among the Dinoflagellates Alexandrium tamarense and Gymnodinium catenatum and the Diatom Skeletonema costatum (수치모델을 이용한 와편모조류 Alexandrium tamarense, Gymnodinium catenatum 및 규조류 Skeletonema costatum의 종간 경쟁에 미치는 용존태 유기인의 영향)

  • Oh, Seok-Jin;Yang, Han-Soeb;Yamamoto, Tamiji
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2007
  • Species competition among the toxic dinoflagellates Alexandrium tamarense and Gymnodinium catenatum and the diatom Skeletonema costatum was simulated using a mathematical model. Prior to the model simulation competition experiments using the three species were conducted to obtain data for validation by the simulation model. S. costatum dominated at a density of ${\sim}10^{4}\;cells/mL$ compared to the other species in the medium with dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP). The growth of S. costatum was also stimulated by the addition of dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP), such as uridine-5-monophosphate (UMP) or glycerophosphate (Glycero-P), although this species is unable to take up DOP. This implies that the growth of S. costatum may be supported by DIP, which is hydrolyzed by alkaline phosphatase produced from A. tamarense and G. catenatum. The species competition model was run assuming the environmental conditions of northern Hiroshima Bay, Japan, during spring and summer. G. catenatum increased in cell density and neared the level of S. costatum at the end of the calculation. In the sensitivity analyses by means of doubling and halving parameters, depleted DIP had little effect on the cell density of G. catenatum. However the growth of A. tamarense and S. costatum was significantly affected by changes in the parameter values. These results indicate that if DIP depletion is ongoing, species that have a large phosphate pool in their cells, such as G. catenatum, will predominate in the community.

Test in Algorithm Design and Logics for Competition of Talented Children

  • Bilousova, Lyudmila I.;Kolgatin, Oleksandr G.
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.27-37
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    • 2008
  • A test as a form of diagnostic of algorithm and logic abilities is considered. Such test for measuring abilities and achievements of talented children has been designed and used at the Kharkiv Regional Olympiad in Informatics. Quality of the test and its items is analyzed. Correlation between the test results of children and their success in creating mathematical models, designing of complicated algorithms and translating these algorithms into computer programs is discussed.

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TRAVELING WAVE SOLUTIONS IN NONLOCAL DISPERSAL MODELS WITH NONLOCAL DELAYS

  • Pan, Shuxia
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.703-719
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    • 2014
  • This paper is concerned with the traveling wave solutions of nonlocal dispersal models with nonlocal delays. The existence of traveling wave solutions is investigated by the upper and lower solutions, and the asymptotic behavior of traveling wave solutions is studied by the idea of contracting rectangles. To illustrate these results, a delayed competition model is considered by presenting the existence and nonexistence of traveling wave solutions, which completes and improves some known results. In particular, our conclusions can deal with the traveling wave solutions of evolutionary systems which admit large time delays reflecting intraspecific competition in population dynamics and leading to the failure of comparison principle in literature.

FINGERPRINT IMAGE DENOISING AND INPAINTING USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK

  • BAE, JUNGYOON;CHOI, HAN-SOO;KIM, SUJIN;KANG, MYUNGJOO
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.363-374
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    • 2020
  • Fingerprint authentication identifies a user based on the individual's unique fingerprint features. Fingerprint authentication methods are used in various real-life devices because they are convenient and safe and there is no risk of leakage, loss, or oblivion. However, fingerprint authentication methods are often ineffective when there is contamination of the given image through wet, dirty, dry, or wounded fingers. In this paper, a method is proposed to remove noise from fingerprint images using a convolutional neural network. The proposed model was verified using the dataset from the ChaLearn LAP Inpainting Competition Track 3-Fingerprint Denoising and Inpainting, ECCV 2018. It was demonstrated that the model proposed in this paper obtains better results with respect to the methods that achieved high performances in the competition.

Stability and Optimal Harvesting in Lotka-Volterra Competition Model for Two-species with Stage Structure

  • Al-Omari, J.F.M.
    • Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.31-56
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we consider a delay differential equation model of two competing species with harvesting of the mature and immature members of each species. The time delay in the model represents the time from birth to maturity of that species, which appears in the adults recruitment terms. We study the dynamics of our model analytically and we present results on positivity and boundedness of the solution, conditions for the existence and globally asymptotically stable of equilibria, a threshold of harvesting, and the optimal harvesting of the mature populations of each species.

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An Analysis on Open-ended Problem Solving of Gifted Students (수학 영재학생의 개방형 문제 해결 사례 분석)

  • Choi, Su A;Kang, Hong Jae
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.545-563
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    • 2016
  • The aim of this study was to observe processes and implication to a given program for the 20 gifted children grade 5 by making the number from 1 to 100 with natural numbers 4,4,9 and 9. Revelation of creativity, mathematical tendency of students and meaningful responses were observed by the qualitative records of this game activity and the analysis of result. The major result of a study is as follows: The mathematical creativities of students were revealed and developed by this activity. And the mathematical attitude were changed and developed, so student could actively participate. And students could experience collaborative and social composition learning by presentations and discussion, competition with a permissive atmosphere and open-game rule. It was meaningful that mathematical ideas (negative number, square root, factorial, [x]: the largest integer not greater than x, absolute value, percent, exponent, logarithm etc.) were suggested and motivated by students themselves.